China’s original and secret pure land has been searched for bacteria for 17 years only for Chinese people. How did it do it？

"The core strain resources of the probiotic industry have long been controlled by foreign giants. China bacteria with independent intellectual property rights are crucial to the development of China’s probiotic industry and have irreplaceable value and role in improving the national intestinal health level." -distinguished professor, a scholar from the Yangtze River, and Zhang Heping, a pioneer in the probiotic industry in China, strongly advocated strengthening the research and development and application of independent patented strains in China.

Recently, GUT2022× the 4th China Intestinal Industry Conference jointly sponsored by Mengniu Youyi C and Warm-hearted Research Institute was held online. During this period, several patented strains independently developed by Mengniu Youyic in China unveiled the mystery, and expounded their efforts in the cause of Chinese intestinal health for many years. In order to find probiotics suitable for Chinese, Mengniu’s expert team has set foot on the 9.6 million original and hidden pure land of the motherland for more than ten years to screen, research and apply local probiotics. In the market environment dominated by imported probiotics, the research and application of indigenous probiotics in China plays an important role in promoting the national intestinal health and the development of domestic probiotic industry.

Chinese people’s intestinal health is worrying, and probiotics need to be popularized urgently.

Intestine is a huge space with a length of 7 meters and an area of nearly 200 square meters. It is regarded as the "second brain" of the human body and has hundreds of millions of neurons. Intestine is the most important organ for digestion and absorption. 99% of nutrients are absorbed by intestine, and more than 80% of toxins are excreted by intestine. Intestine is also the largest immune organ of human body, and more than 70% immune cells are distributed in intestine. Modern research shows that intestinal flora is not only related to intestinal diseases, but also related to human metabolic diseases and brain health. Intestine plays an important role in the healthy operation of human body, and its importance is beyond our imagination.

However, Chinese’s intestinal health is not optimistic. According to the investigation report on intestinal health of Chinese people in 2020, 87.6% people had intestinal health problems in the past year. Irregular defecation, constipation, diarrhea, abdominal distension and dyspepsia are the top five intestinal health problems, and the intestinal health of Chinese people needs to be improved urgently.

And a crucial role that affects intestinal health is probiotics. WHO/FAO defines probiotics as living microorganisms that can produce healthy effects on the host after ingesting enough. Supplementing probiotics is an important means to regulate intestinal health. It can improve defecation and prevent infection by producing organic acids, colonization resistance and regulating intestinal flora. At the same time, in the environment of repeated outbreaks, probiotic products with more subdivided functions, rich in active probiotics and beneficial to intestinal health have gradually become a major category leading a healthy lifestyle and are winning the favor of consumers.

China is more suitable for Chinese.

As the saying goes, "one side of the soil and water raises one side", in fact, one side of the food is also raising one side of the bacteria.

The composition of intestinal microflora is influenced by regional differences, ethnic differences, eating habits and other factors. In other words, probiotics suitable for westerners who love hamburgers may not be suitable for eastern intestines who love Chinese food. Chinese’s intestinal flora has its unique flora structure, and the excellent strains grown in China are more suitable for Chinese’s intestinal characteristics and can better protect the health of Chinese people.

Therefore, it has been a long-term dream for scientists in the field of probiotics in China to break through the technical barriers and find and develop probiotics in Chinese.

Wan Li’s way to find bacteria has been studied for Chinese people for 17 years.

In order to find probiotics suitable for Chinese, as early as 2006, Mengniu expert team cooperated with Inner Mongolia Agricultural University and other scientific research units to develop strains with independent intellectual property rights, and embarked on a long way to find bacteria, which lasted for 17 years. Sticking to the original intention, as a leader in the industry, the team of experts continued to provide healthy and high-quality probiotic products for Chinese people. They traveled to Inner Mongolia, Xizang, Qinghai, Yunnan, Guangxi and other primitive and hidden natural ecosystems with long life expectancy and healthier intestines, and explored the Chinese power to protect the intestinal health of Chinese people on the vast land of 9.6 million square kilometers in China.

On the way to find bacteria, we found that herders in pastoral areas have lived here for generations, living with grazing and dying with grass, and probiotics are the treasures given by nature. Naturally fermented dairy products, as the best carrier of probiotics, are essential nutritious food for herders, accounting for almost half of their total daily diet. It is through probiotics that herders gain strength, health and longevity. So the team of experts went not far from Wan Li, and brought back samples of dairy products that these herders consumed daily. From a new scientific perspective, they identified and screened out the high-quality probiotics that made China herders live a healthy and long life for generations and belonged to China.

To this end, the expert team is far away from the city, overcoming many difficulties, wading through mountains and rivers, and exploring the footprint of local probiotics. At present, more than 10,000 strains of Mengniu probiotic resource bank with independent intellectual property rights have been established, which not only protects biodiversity, but also reserves an important strategic asset for the country. Let China become a big research country of probiotics, laying a foundation for the cause of intestinal health of Chinese people.

Stick to the original intention and provide better probiotic products for the people.

Uniqlo C has always insisted on finding probiotics suitable for Chinese. With the unremitting efforts of the expert team, through tens of thousands of research and screening, thousands of clinical trials, and through Mengniu digital factory to accelerate industrial application, Uniqlo C has become a rich and high-quality probiotic product matrix. As a leading brand of probiotics in China, Youyi C has always been committed to the research on the intestinal health of Chinese people, ranking first in China’s brand strength index for six consecutive years and becoming the most popular brand among consumers.

Lactobacillus paracasei PC-01 was used in 100ml functional drinks, and 50 billion active probiotics were specially studied for Chinese people. After clinical verification, the intestines were relaxed and smooth after continuous drinking for 14 days. At the end of 2021, Youyi C entered the probiotic powder track, and for the first time, applied the research and development results of independent proprietary strains for many years to new categories in large quantities, such as seven China patented star strains such as Bifidobacterium lactis Probio-M8, Lactobacillus plantarum Lp-6 and Bifidobacterium lactis V9, which were widely used in probiotic powders and functional drinks such as "Daily Fitness" and "Daily Lightness", and 100 billion high-magnification probiotics once again led the industry.

Looking for probiotics suitable for Chinese people, focusing on the intestinal health research of Chinese people and leading the development of domestic probiotic industry, Youyi C brand continuously strengthens independent research and development innovation, and continuously provides consumers with fresh, healthy and high-quality probiotic products through world-class equipment and world-leading technology, cleaner and intelligent production environment, more refined management and standardized process flow, and more perfect cold chain technology. This brand with temperature has been on the road.

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